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diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d2052fdbe --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid @@ -0,0 +1,614 @@ +Release Date : Thu Nov 16 15:32:35 EST 2006 - + Sumant Patro <sumant.patro@lsi.com> +Current Version : 2.20.5.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.9 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) + +1. Changes in Initialization to fix kdump failure. + Send SYNC command on loading. + This command clears the pending commands in the adapter + and re-initialize its internal RAID structure. + Without this change, megaraid driver either panics or fails to + initialize the adapter during kdump's second kernel boot + if there are pending commands or interrupts from other devices + sharing the same IRQ. +2. Authors email-id domain name changed from lsil.com to lsi.com. + Also modified the MODULE_AUTHOR to megaraidlinux@lsi.com + +Release Date : Fri May 19 09:31:45 EST 2006 - Seokmann Ju <sju@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.9 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.8 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) + +1. Fixed a bug in megaraid_init_mbox(). + Customer reported "garbage in file on x86_64 platform". + Root Cause: the driver registered controllers as 64-bit DMA capable + for those which are not support it. + Fix: Made change in the function inserting identification machanism + identifying 64-bit DMA capable controllers. + + > -----Original Message----- + > From: Vasily Averin [mailto:vvs@sw.ru] + > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:49 PM + > To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; Kolli, Neela; Mukker, Atul; + > Ju, Seokmann; Bagalkote, Sreenivas; + > James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com; devel@openvz.org + > Subject: megaraid_mbox: garbage in file + > + > Hello all, + > + > I've investigated customers claim on the unstable work of + > their node and found a + > strange effect: reading from some files leads to the + > "attempt to access beyond end of device" messages. + > + > I've checked filesystem, memory on the node, motherboard BIOS + > version, but it + > does not help and issue still has been reproduced by simple + > file reading. + > + > Reproducer is simple: + > + > echo 0xffffffff >/proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level ; + > cat /vz/private/101/root/etc/ld.so.cache >/tmp/ttt ; + > echo 0 >/proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging + > + > It leads to the following messages in dmesg + > + > sd_init_command: disk=sda, block=871769260, count=26 + > sda : block=871769260 + > sda : reading 26/26 512 byte blocks. + > scsi_add_timer: scmd: f79ed980, time: 7500, (c02b1420) + > sd 0:1:0:0: send 0xf79ed980 sd 0:1:0:0: + > command: Read (10): 28 00 33 f6 24 ac 00 00 1a 00 + > buffer = 0xf7cfb540, bufflen = 13312, done = 0xc0366b40, + > queuecommand 0xc0344010 + > leaving scsi_dispatch_cmnd() + > scsi_delete_timer: scmd: f79ed980, rtn: 1 + > sd 0:1:0:0: done 0xf79ed980 SUCCESS 0 sd 0:1:0:0: + > command: Read (10): 28 00 33 f6 24 ac 00 00 1a 00 + > scsi host busy 1 failed 0 + > sd 0:1:0:0: Notifying upper driver of completion (result 0) + > sd_rw_intr: sda: res=0x0 + > 26 sectors total, 13312 bytes done. + > use_sg is 4 + > attempt to access beyond end of device + > sda6: rw=0, want=1044134458, limit=951401367 + > Buffer I/O error on device sda6, logical block 522067228 + > attempt to access beyond end of device + +2. When INQUIRY with EVPD bit set issued to the MegaRAID controller, + system memory gets corrupted. + Root Cause: MegaRAID F/W handle the INQUIRY with EVPD bit set + incorrectly. + Fix: MegaRAID F/W has fixed the problem and being process of release, + soon. Meanwhile, driver will filter out the request. + +3. One of member in the data structure of the driver leads unaligne + issue on 64-bit platform. + Customer reporeted "kernel unaligned access addrss" issue when + application communicates with MegaRAID HBA driver. + Root Cause: in uioc_t structure, one of member had misaligned and it + led system to display the error message. + Fix: A patch submitted to community from following folk. + + > -----Original Message----- + > From: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org + > [mailto:linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Sakurai Hiroomi + > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:20 AM + > To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org + > Subject: Re: Help: strange messages from kernel on IA64 platform + > + > Hi, + > + > I saw same message. + > + > When GAM(Global Array Manager) is started, The following + > message output. + > kernel: kernel unaligned access to 0xe0000001fe1080d4, + > ip=0xa000000200053371 + > + > The uioc structure used by ioctl is defined by packed, + > the allignment of each member are disturbed. + > In a 64 bit structure, the allignment of member doesn't fit 64 bit + > boundary. this causes this messages. + > In a 32 bit structure, we don't see the message because the allinment + > of member fit 32 bit boundary even if packed is specified. + > + > patch + > I Add 32 bit dummy member to fit 64 bit boundary. I tested. + > We confirmed this patch fix the problem by IA64 server. + > + > ************************************************************** + > **************** + > --- linux-2.6.9/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_ioctl.h.orig + > 2006-04-03 17:13:03.000000000 +0900 + > +++ linux-2.6.9/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_ioctl.h + > 2006-04-03 17:14:09.000000000 +0900 + > @@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ + > /* Driver Data: */ + > void __user * user_data; + > uint32_t user_data_len; + > + + > + /* 64bit alignment */ + > + uint32_t pad_0xBC; + > + + > mraid_passthru_t __user *user_pthru; + > + > mraid_passthru_t *pthru32; + > ************************************************************** + > **************** + +Release Date : Mon Apr 11 12:27:22 EST 2006 - Seokmann Ju <sju@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.8 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.7 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) + +1. Fixed a bug in megaraid_reset_handler(). + Customer reported "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference + at virtual address 00000000" when system goes to reset condition + for some reason. It happened randomly. + Root Cause: in the megaraid_reset_handler(), there is possibility not + returning pending packets in the pend_list if there are multiple + pending packets. + Fix: Made the change in the driver so that it will return all packets + in the pend_list. + +2. Added change request. + As found in the following URL, rmb() only didn't help the + problem. I had to increase the loop counter to 0xFFFFFF. (6 F's) + http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=110971060502497&w=2 + + I attached a patch for your reference, too. + Could you check and get this fix in your driver? + + Best Regards, + Jun'ichi Nomura + +Release Date : Fri Nov 11 12:27:22 EST 2005 - Seokmann Ju <sju@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.7 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.6 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) + +1. Sorted out PCI IDs to remove megaraid support overlaps. + Based on the patch from Daniel, sorted out PCI IDs along with + character node name change from 'megadev' to 'megadev_legacy' to avoid + conflict. + --- + Hopefully we'll be getting the build restriction zapped much sooner, + but we should also be thinking about totally removing the hardware + support overlap in the megaraid drivers. + + This patch pencils in a date of Feb 06 for this, and performs some + printk abuse in hope that existing legacy users might pick up on what's + going on. + + Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> + --- + +2. Fixed a issue: megaraid always fails to reset handler. + --- + I found that the megaraid driver always fails to reset the + adapter with the following message: + megaraid: resetting the host... + megaraid mbox: reset sequence completed successfully + megaraid: fast sync command timed out + megaraid: reservation reset failed + when the "Cluster mode" of the adapter BIOS is enabled. + So, whenever the reset occurs, the adapter goes to + offline and just become unavailable. + + Jun'ichi Nomura [mailto:jnomura@mtc.biglobe.ne.jp] + --- + +Release Date : Mon Mar 07 12:27:22 EST 2005 - Seokmann Ju <sju@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.6 (scsi module), 2.20.2.6 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.5 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module) + +1. Added IOCTL backward compatibility. + Convert megaraid_mm driver to new compat_ioctl entry points. + I don't have easy access to hardware, so only compile tested. + - Signed-off-by:Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> + +2. megaraid_mbox fix: wrong order of arguments in memset() + That, BTW, shows why cross-builds are useful-the only indication of + problem had been a new warning showing up in sparse output on alpha + build (number of exceeding 256 got truncated). + - Signed-off-by: Al Viro + <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> + +3. Convert pci_module_init to pci_register_driver + Convert from pci_module_init to pci_register_driver + (from:http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/TODO) + - Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> + +4. Use the pre defined DMA mask constants from dma-mapping.h + Use the DMA_{64,32}BIT_MASK constants from dma-mapping.h when calling + pci_set_dma_mask() or pci_set_consistend_dma_mask(). See + http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=108001993000001&r=1&w=2 for more + details. + Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@nuerscht.ch> + Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> + +5. Remove SSID checking for Dobson, Lindsay, and Verde based products. + Checking the SSVID/SSID for controllers which have Dobson, Lindsay, + and Verde is unnecessary because device ID has been assigned by LSI + and it is unique value. So, all controllers with these IOPs have to be + supported by the driver regardless SSVID/SSID. + +6. Date Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:31:09 +0100 + From Herbert Poetzl <> + Subject RFC: assert_spin_locked() for 2.6 + + Greetings! + + overcautious programming will kill your kernel ;) + ever thought about checking a spin_lock or even + asserting that it must be held (maybe just for + spinlock debugging?) ... + + there are several checks present in the kernel + where somebody does a variation on the following: + + BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&some_lock)); + + so what's wrong about that? nothing, unless you + compile the code with CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK but + without CONFIG_SMP ... in which case the BUG() + will kill your kernel ... + + maybe it's not advised to make such assertions, + but here is a solution which works for me ... + (compile tested for sh, x86_64 and x86, boot/run + tested for x86 only) + + best, + Herbert + + - Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>, Thu, 27 Jan 2005 + +Release Date : Thu Feb 03 12:27:22 EST 2005 - Seokmann Ju <sju@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.5 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.4 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module) + +1. Modified name of two attributes in scsi_host_template. + On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 10:56 -0500, Ju, Seokmann wrote: + > + .sdev_attrs = megaraid_device_attrs, + > + .shost_attrs = megaraid_class_device_attrs, + + These are, perhaps, slightly confusing names. + The terms device and class_device have well defined meanings in the + generic device model, neither of which is what you mean here. + Why not simply megaraid_sdev_attrs and megaraid_shost_attrs? + + Other than this, it looks fine to me too. + +Release Date : Thu Jan 27 00:01:03 EST 2005 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.4 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.3 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module) + +1. Bump up the version of scsi module due to its conflict. + +Release Date : Thu Jan 21 00:01:03 EST 2005 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.3 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.2 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module) + +1. Remove driver ioctl for logical drive to scsi address translation and + replace with the sysfs attribute. To remove drives and change + capacity, application shall now use the device attribute to get the + logical drive number for a scsi device. For adding newly created + logical drives, class device attribute would be required to uniquely + identify each controller. + - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> + + "James, I've been thinking about this a little more, and you may be on + to something here. Let each driver add files as such:" + + - Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>, 12.15.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + + + "Then, if you simply publish your LD number as an extra parameter of + the device, you can look through /sys to find it." + + - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 01.03.2005 + linux-scsi mailing list + + + "I don't see why not ... it's your driver, you can publish whatever + extra information you need as scsi_device attributes; that was one of + the designs of the extensible attribute system." + + - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 01.06.2005 + linux-scsi mailing list + +2. Add AMI megaraid support - Brian King <brking@charter.net> + PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMI, PCI_DEVICE_ID_AMI_MEGARAID3, + PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMI, PCI_SUBSYS_ID_PERC3_DC, + +3. Make some code static - Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> + Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 03:14:57 +0100 + + The patch below makes some needlessly global code static. + -wait_queue_head_t wait_q; + +static wait_queue_head_t wait_q; + + Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> + +4. Added NEC ROMB support - NEC MegaRAID PCI Express ROMB controller + PCI_VENDOR_ID_LSI_LOGIC, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MEGARAID_NEC_ROMB_2E, + PCI_SUBSYS_ID_NEC, PCI_SUBSYS_ID_MEGARAID_NEC_ROMB_2E, + +5. Fixed Tape drive issue : For any Direct CDB command to physical device + including tape, timeout value set by driver was 10 minutes. With this + value, most of command will return within timeout. However, for those + command like ERASE or FORMAT, it takes more than an hour depends on + capacity of the device and the command could be terminated before it + completes. + To address this issue, the 'timeout' field in the DCDB command will + have NO TIMEOUT (i.e., 4) value as its timeout on DCDB command. + + + +Release Date : Thu Dec 9 19:10:23 EST 2004 + - Sreenivas Bagalkote <sreenib@lsil.com> + +Current Version : 2.20.4.2 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.3 (cmm module) + +i. Introduced driver ioctl that returns scsi address for a given ld. + + "Why can't the existing sysfs interfaces be used to do this?" + - Brian King (brking@us.ibm.com) + + "I've looked into solving this another way, but I cannot see how + to get this driver-private mapping of logical drive number-> HCTL + without putting code something like this into the driver." + + "...and by providing a mapping a function to userspace, the driver + is free to change its mapping algorithm in the future if necessary .." + - Matt Domsch (Matt_Domsch@dell.com) + +Release Date : Thu Dec 9 19:02:14 EST 2004 - Sreenivas Bagalkote <sreenib@lsil.com> + +Current Version : 2.20.4.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.3 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.2 (cmm module) + +i. Fix a bug in kioc's dma buffer deallocation + +Release Date : Thu Nov 4 18:24:56 EST 2004 - Sreenivas Bagalkote <sreenib@lsil.com> + +Current Version : 2.20.4.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.2 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.1 (cmm module) + +i. Handle IOCTL cmd timeouts more properly. + +ii. pci_dma_sync_{sg,single}_for_cpu was introduced into megaraid_mbox + incorrectly (instead of _for_device). Changed to appropriate + pci_dma_sync_{sg,single}_for_device. + +Release Date : Wed Oct 06 11:15:29 EDT 2004 - Sreenivas Bagalkote <sreenib@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.1 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) + +i. Remove CONFIG_COMPAT around register_ioctl32_conversion + +Release Date : Mon Sep 27 22:15:07 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.3.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) + +i. Fix data corruption. Because of a typo in the driver, the IO packets + were wrongly shared by the ioctl path. This causes a whole IO command + to be replaced by an incoming ioctl command. + +Release Date : Tue Aug 24 09:43:35 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.3.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.3.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) + +i. Function reordering so that inline functions are defined before they + are actually used. It is now mandatory for GCC 3.4.1 (current stable) + + Declare some heavy-weight functions to be non-inlined, + megaraid_mbox_build_cmd, megaraid_mbox_runpendq, + megaraid_mbox_prepare_pthru, megaraid_mbox_prepare_epthru, + megaraid_busywait_mbox + + - Andrew Morton, 08.19.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + + "Something else to clean up after inclusion: every instance of an + inline function is actually rendered as a full function call, because + the function is always used before it is defined. Atul, please + re-arrange the code to eliminate the need for most (all) of the + function prototypes at the top of each file, and define (not just + declare with a prototype) each inline function before its first use" + + - Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>, 07.27.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + + +ii. Display elapsed time (countdown) while waiting for FW to boot. + +iii. Module compilation reorder in Makefile so that unresolved symbols do + not occur when driver is compiled non-modular. + + Patrick J. LoPresti <patl@users.sourceforge.net>, 8.22.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + + +Release Date : Thu Aug 19 09:58:33 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.3.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.2.0 (scsi module), 2.20.1.0 (cmm module) + +i. When copying the mailbox packets, copy only first 14 bytes (for 32-bit + mailboxes) and only first 22 bytes (for 64-bit mailboxes). This is to + avoid getting the stale values for busy bit. We want to set the busy + bit just before issuing command to the FW. + +ii. In the reset handling, if the reseted command is not owned by the + driver, do not (wrongly) print information for the "attached" driver + packet. + +iii. Have extended wait when issuing command in synchronous mode. This is + required for the cases where the option ROM is disabled and there is + no BIOS to start the controller. The FW starts to boot after receiving + the first command from the driver. The current driver has 1 second + timeout for the synchronous commands, which is far less than what is + actually required. We now wait up to MBOX_RESET_TIME (180 seconds) for + FW boot process. + +iv. In megaraid_mbox_product_info, clear the mailbox contents completely + before preparing the command for inquiry3. This is to ensure that the + FW does not get junk values in the command. + +v. Do away with the redundant LSI_CONFIG_COMPAT redefinition for + CONFIG_COMPAT. Replace <asm/ioctl32.h> with <linux/ioctl32.h> + + - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 08.17.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + +vi. Add support for 64-bit applications. Current drivers assume only + 32-bit applications, even on 64-bit platforms. Use the "data" and + "buffer" fields of the mimd_t structure, instead of embedded 32-bit + addresses in application mailbox and passthru structures. + +vii. Move the function declarations for the management module from + megaraid_mm.h to megaraid_mm.c + + - Andrew Morton, 08.19.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + +viii. Change default values for MEGARAID_NEWGEN, MEGARAID_MM, and + MEGARAID_MAILBOX to 'n' in Kconfig.megaraid + + - Andrew Morton, 08.19.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + +ix. replace udelay with msleep + +x. Typos corrected in comments and whitespace adjustments, explicit + grouping of expressions. + + +Release Date : Fri Jul 23 15:22:07 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.2.0 (scsi module), 2.20.1.0 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.1.0 (scsi module), 2.20.0.0 (cmm module) + +i. Add PCI ids for Acer ROMB 2E solution + +ii. Add PCI ids for I4 + +iii. Typo corrected for subsys id for megaraid sata 300-4x + +iv. Remove yield() while mailbox handshake in synchronous commands + + + "My other main gripe is things like this: + + + // wait for maximum 1 second for status to post + + for (i = 0; i < 40000; i++) { + + if (mbox->numstatus != 0xFF) break; + + udelay(25); yield(); + + } + + which litter the driver. Use of yield() in drivers is deprecated." + + - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 07.14.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + +v. Remove redundant __megaraid_busywait_mbox routine + +vi. Fix bug in the management module, which causes a system lockup when the + IO module is loaded and then unloaded, followed by executing any + management utility. The current version of management module does not + handle the adapter unregister properly. + + Specifically, it still keeps a reference to the unregistered + controllers. To avoid this, the static array adapters has been + replaced by a dynamic list, which gets updated every time an adapter + is added or removed. + + Also, during unregistration of the IO module, the resources are + now released in the exact reverse order of the allocation time + sequence. + + +Release Date : Fri Jun 25 18:58:43 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.1.0 +Older Version : megaraid 2.20.0.1 + +i. Stale list pointer in adapter causes kernel panic when module + megaraid_mbox is unloaded + + +Release Date : Thu Jun 24 20:37:11 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.0.1 +Older Version : megaraid 2.20.0.00 + +i. Modules are not 'y' by default, but depend on current definition of + SCSI & PCI. + +ii. Redundant structure mraid_driver_t removed. + +iii. Miscellaneous indentation and goto/label fixes. + - Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, 06.24.2004 linux-scsi + +iv. scsi_host_put(), do just before completing HBA shutdown. + + + +Release Date : Mon Jun 21 19:53:54 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.0.0 +Older Version : megaraid 2.20.0.rc2 and 2.00.3 + +i. Independent module to interact with userland applications and + multiplex command to low level RAID module(s). + + "Shared code in a third module, a "library module", is an acceptable + solution. modprobe automatically loads dependent modules, so users + running "modprobe driver1" or "modprobe driver2" would automatically + load the shared library module." + + - Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> 02.25.2004 LKML + + "As Jeff hinted, if your userspace<->driver API is consistent between + your new MPT-based RAID controllers and your existing megaraid driver, + then perhaps you need a single small helper module (lsiioctl or some + better name), loaded by both mptraid and megaraid automatically, which + handles registering the /dev/megaraid node dynamically. In this case, + both mptraid and megaraid would register with lsiioctl for each + adapter discovered, and lsiioctl would essentially be a switch, + redirecting userspace tool ioctls to the appropriate driver." + + - Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> 02.25.2004 LKML + +ii. Remove C99 initializations from pci_device id. + + "pci_id_table_g would be much more readable when not using C99 + initializers. + PCI table doesn't change, there's lots of users that prefer the more + readable variant. And it's really far less and much easier to grok + lines without C99 initializers." + + - Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, 05.28.2004 linux-scsi + +iii. Many fixes as suggested by Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> on + linux-scsi, 05.28.2004 + +iv. We now support up to 32 parallel ioctl commands instead of current 1. + There is a conscious effort to let memory allocation not fail for ioctl + commands. + +v. Do away with internal memory management. Use pci_pool_(create|alloc) + instead. + +vi. Kill tasklet when unloading the driver. + +vii. Do not use "host_lock', driver has fine-grain locks now to protect all + data structures. + +viii. Optimize the build scatter-gather list routine. The callers already + know the data transfer address and length. + +ix. Better implementation of error handling and recovery. Driver now + performs extended errors recovery for instances like scsi cable pull. + +x. Disassociate the management commands with an overlaid scsi command. + Driver now treats the management packets as special packets and has a + dedicated callback routine. |